Display Panel and Electronic Device

ABSTRACT

A display panel includes a display area and a non-display area. The display area includes a touch electrode array consisting of a plurality of touch electrodes, and a plurality of touch signal wires, and the non-display area includes at least two fan-out routing areas. The at least two fan-out routing areas are arranged along a first boundary between the non-display area and the display area, and each fan-out routing area includes a plurality of touch leading wires. The fan-out routing area includes a fan-shaped area and a straight line area, and the fan-shaped area is located between the first boundary and the straight line area. Each touch leading wire includes a first sub-leading wire located in the fan-shaped area and a second sub-leading wire located in the straight line area.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a National Stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2020/131136, filed on Nov. 24, 2020, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 202010108792.X, filed on Feb. 21, 2020.Both of the aforementioned applications are hereby incorporated byreference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This application relates to the field of display technologies, and morespecifically, to a display panel and an electronic device.

BACKGROUND

With the continuous development of display technologies, displays suchas liquid crystal displays and organic light-emitting displayscontinuously emerge, and become mainstream products in the displayindustry. Beyond that, the displays are undergoing rapid development andtransformation. At the same time, requirements of consumers for thedisplays are increasing. For example, an ultra-high resolution display,a touch display, and a bezel-less screen display become hot spots andimportant topics in the display field.

Currently, there are two types of solutions to implement a touchfunction: self-capacitance touch and mutual-capacitance touch.Generally, a total quantity of channel wires in the self-capacitancetouch solution is approximately seven times a total quantity of channelwires in the mutual-capacitance touch solution. In this case, aconventional self-capacitance touch solution significantly increases abezel width of a display panel, and cannot adapt to a current designconcept of a narrow bezel. Therefore, a technical problem that urgentlyneeds to be resolved currently is how to provide a display panel and anelectronic device to which a self-capacitance touch solution is applied,and design channel wires to reduce space occupied by the channel wiresin a non-display area to narrow a bezel.

SUMMARY

In view of this background, this application provides a display paneland an electronic device, to resolve a technical problem of narrowing abezel.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment of this application providesa display panel, including a display area and a non-display areaenclosing the display area.

The display area includes a touch electrode array consisting of aplurality of touch electrodes, and a plurality of touch signal wires,and one touch electrode is electrically connected to at least one touchsignal wire. The non-display area includes at least two fan-out routingareas, the at least two fan-out routing areas are arranged along a firstboundary between the non-display area and the display area, each fan-outrouting area includes a plurality of touch leading wires, and the touchleading wires are electrically connected to the touch signal wires in aone-to-one correspondence. Each fan-out routing area includes afan-shaped area and a straight line area, and the fan-shaped area islocated between the first boundary and the straight line area. Eachtouch leading wire includes a first sub-leading wire and a secondsub-leading wire that are connected to each other, the first sub-leadingwire is located in the fan-shaped area, and the second sub-leading wireis located in the straight line area.

A distance between two second sub-leading wires that are adjacent andthat are located in different straight line areas is a first distance, adistance between two second sub-leading wires that are adjacent and thatare located in a same straight line area is a second distance, and thefirst distance is greater than the second distance.

Further, the touch electrode array includes a plurality of touchelectrode rows and a plurality of touch electrode columns. Each touchelectrode row includes a plurality of touch electrodes, and each touchelectrode column includes a plurality of touch electrodes. A centralaxis of the display area is perpendicular to the first boundary. Atleast some of the plurality of touch signal wires are jump touch signalwires, a shape of the jump touch signal wire is a fold line, the jumptouch signal wire includes a start point and an end point, the startpoint is electrically connected to one touch electrode, and the endpoint intersects the first boundary.

A distance between the start point and the central axis is a thirddistance, a distance between the end point and the central axis is afourth distance, and the third distance is greater than the fourthdistance.

Further, the plurality of touch electrode columns include two edge touchelectrode columns located at edges of the touch electrode array, andtouch signal wires that are electrically connected to at least sometouch electrodes in at least one edge touch electrode column are jumptouch signal wires.

In some optional implementations, a corner that is of the display areaand that is close to a side of the fan-out routing area is an arccorner.

In some implementations, the plurality of touch electrode columnsfurther include a non-edge touch electrode column, the non-edge touchelectrode column is located between the two edge touch electrodecolumns, and touch signal wires that are electrically connected to atleast some touch electrodes in the non-edge touch electrode column arejump touch signal wires.

In some implementations, the touch electrode that is electricallyconnected to the start point and a touch electrode that is adjacent tothe end point are located in different touch electrode columns.

In some implementations, the jump touch signal wire includes at least afirst wire segment, and the first wire segment is not parallel to thecentral axis.

In some implementations, the first wire segment is parallel to the firstboundary, and the third distance is positively correlated with adistance between the first wire segment and the first boundary.

In some implementations, the touch electrode array includes a firsttouch electrode column, a second touch electrode column, a third touchelectrode column, to an N^(th) touch electrode column that aresequentially arranged, where N is a positive integer. The first touchelectrode column is parallel to the central axis, and a distance betweenthe first touch electrode column and the central axis is greater than adistance between any one of the second touch electrode column to theN^(th) touch electrode column and the central axis. Touch signal wiresthat are electrically connected to a plurality of touch electrodes of ann^(th) touch electrode column are all jump touch signal wires, touchsignal wires that are electrically connected to a plurality of touchelectrodes of an (n+1)^(th) touch electrode column are all jump touchsignal wires, and an end point of the jump touch signal wire is adjacentto an (n+2)th touch electrode column, where n is an odd number, and n<N.

Further, a first touch electrode row in the plurality of touch electroderows is adjacent to a second touch electrode row in the plurality oftouch electrode rows, and the first touch electrode row is adjacent tothe first boundary. First wire segments of the jump touch signal wiresthat are respectively electrically connected to the plurality of touchelectrodes of the n^(th) touch electrode column overlap the second touchelectrode row, and first wire segments of the jump touch signal wiresthat are respectively electrically connected to the plurality of touchelectrodes of the (n+1)^(th) touch electrode column overlap the firsttouch electrode row.

Optionally, the jump touch signal wire further includes a second wiresegment and a third wire segment that are parallel to the central axis,two ends of the first wire segment are respectively connected to one endof the second wire segment and one end of the third wire segment, theother end of the second wire segment is the start point, and the otherend of the third wire segment is the end point; or

the jump touch signal wire further includes a fourth wire segment thatis parallel to the central axis, one end of the first wire segment isthe start point, the other end of the first wire segment is electricallyconnected to one end of the fourth wire segment, and the other end ofthe fourth wire segment is the end point.

In some optional implementations, the display panel further includes asubstrate layer and a metal routing layer located above the substratelayer, and the metal routing layer includes a first metal routing layerand a second metal routing layer.

At least some of the plurality of touch signal wires include aresistance reduction wire segment, the resistance reduction wire segmentincludes a first sub-wire segment and a second sub-wire segment that areconnected in parallel, and the first sub-wire segment and the secondsub-wire segment are respectively located at the first metal routinglayer and the second metal routing layer.

In some optional implementations, the display panel further includes athin film transistor array layer, a display layer, a packaging layer,and a touch electrode layer that are sequentially arranged above thesubstrate layer, the touch electrode array is located at the touchelectrode layer, and the metal wiring layer is located on a side that isof the touch electrode layer and that is away from the packaging layer.

In some optional implementations, a shielded signal wire that isadjacent to the touch leading wire is disposed outside each fan-outrouting area.

In some optional implementations, the non-display area further includesa bending area, a bending axis of the bending area is parallel to thefirst boundary, and the second sub-leading wire passes through thebending area in a direction perpendicular to the first boundary.

Based on a same inventive concept, an embodiment of this applicationfurther provides an electronic device, including the display panelprovided in any embodiment of this application.

The display panel and the electronic device provided in this applicationhave the following beneficial effects: In embodiments of thisapplication, the touch leading wires are divided into at least twofan-out routing areas for routing, so that a quantity of touch leadingwires arranged in each fan-shaped area can be reduced. The touch leadingwires are densely arranged in each fan-out routing area, to ensure thatany two adjacent touch leading wires are insulated from each other, anda minimum process spacing is satisfied. When it is ensured that totalspace occupied by all first sub-leading wires is smallest, a widthoccupied by the fan-shaped areas can be reduced, to facilitate narrowingof the bezel.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in embodiments of the presentinvention more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanyingdrawings for the embodiments. It is clear that the accompanying drawingsin the following description show merely some embodiments of the presentinvention, and persons of ordinary skill in the art may still deriveother drawings from these accompanying drawings without creativeefforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a display panel in a relatedtechnology;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an optional implementation of a displaypanel according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 3 is a principle diagram 1 of an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 4 is a principle diagram 2 of an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another optional implementation of adisplay panel according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic diagram of an area 77 in FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a cross section of a tangent line 333in FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of another cross section of the tangentline 333 in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a partial schematic top view of another optionalimplementation of a display panel according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 10 is a partial schematic diagram of another optionalimplementation of a display panel according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 11 is a simplified schematic diagram of a bending area in FIG. 10in a bent state;

FIG. 12 is a partial schematic diagram of another optionalimplementation of a display panel according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 13 is a partial schematic diagram of another optionalimplementation of a display panel according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 14 is a simplified schematic diagram of another optionalimplementation of a display panel according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 15 is a partial schematic diagram of another optionalimplementation of a display panel according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 16 is a partial schematic diagram of another optionalimplementation of a display panel according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 17 is a partial schematic diagram of another optionalimplementation of a display panel according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 18 is a partial schematic diagram of a display panel according toan embodiment of this application;

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of a cross section of an optionalimplementation of a location at a tangent line 444 in FIG. 18 ;

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of a cross section of an optionalimplementation of a location at a tangent line 555 in FIG. 18 ; and

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to anembodiment of this application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages ofembodiments of the present invention clearer, the following clearly andcompletely describes the technical solutions in embodiments of thepresent invention with reference to the accompanying drawings inembodiments of the present invention. It is clear that the describedembodiments are some but not all of embodiments of the presentinvention. All other embodiments obtained by persons skilled in the artbased on the embodiments of the present invention without creativeefforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms used in embodiments of the present invention are merely forthe purpose of illustrating specific embodiments, and are not intendedto limit the present invention. The terms “a”, “the” and “this” ofsingular forms used in embodiments and the appended claims of thepresent invention are also intended to include plural forms, unlessotherwise specified in the context clearly.

FIG. 1 is a partial schematic diagram of a display panel in a relatedtechnology. As shown in FIG. 1 , a display area 1 of the display panelincludes a plurality of touch signal wires 11 and a plurality of touchelectrodes 13. Only a part of the display area 1 and a non-display area2 enclosing the part of the display area 1 are shown in the figure. Thetouch signal wires 11 are separately connected to touch leading wire 12in the non-display area 2. All touch leading wires 12 in the non-displayarea 2 form a fan-out routing area. The fan-out routing area includes afan-shaped area 31 and a straight line area 32. After being led out froman edge of the display area 1, all touch leading wires 12 are convergedin the straight line area 32 to form a bundle of wires extending in adirection e. The touch leading wire 12 includes a first sub-leading wire121 located in the fan-shaped area 31 and a second sub-leading wire 122located in the straight line area 32. The touch leading wires 12 aredensely arranged in the fan-out routing area. To ensure that the touchleading wires 12 are insulated from each other and are finally convergedinto the bundle of wires, the fan-shaped area 31 needs to occupy aspecific width d in the width direction e of the non-display area. Alarge width d limits narrowing of a bezel of the display panel. Based onthis, embodiments of this application provide a display panel and anelectronic device. An arrangement manner of touch leading wires in anon-display area is designed, to reduce a bezel width occupied by thetouch leading wires in the non-display area.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an optional implementation of a displaypanel according to an embodiment of this application.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the display panel includes a display area 1, and anon-display area 2 enclosing the display area 1. The display area 1includes: a touch electrode array consisting of a plurality of touchelectrodes 13, and a plurality of touch signal wires 11. One touchelectrode 13 is electrically connected to at least one touch signal wire11. The non-display area 2 includes at least two fan-out routing areas,and the at least two fan-out routing areas are arranged along a firstboundary 10 between the non-display area 2 and the display area 1. Eachfan-out routing area may be close to the first boundary 10, or may be ata specific distance from the first boundary 10, which may bespecifically designed based on a requirement. Each fan-out routing areaincludes a plurality of touch leading wires 12. It should be noted thatfor a fan-out routing area, the fan-out routing area is only an areaoccupied by a plurality of densely-arranged touch leading wires. Thetouch leading wires 12 are electrically connected to the touch signalwires 11 in a one-to-one correspondence. Quantities of touch leadingwires 12 in the fan-out routing areas may be the same or may bedifferent. FIG. 2 shows only an example in which the non-display areaincludes two fan-out routing areas. It should be noted that anon-display area 2 in all embodiments of the present invention mayalternatively not enclose a display area 1. For example, the non-displayarea 2 is located only on one side of the display area 1, or is locatedonly on two opposite sides of the display area 1. A non-display area onany side of the display area 1 includes the at least two fan-out routingareas in this embodiment of the present invention.

Each fan-out routing area includes a fan-shaped area 31 and a straightline area 32. The fan-shaped area 31 is located between the firstboundary 10 and the straight line area 32. A width of the fan-shapedarea 31 in a direction e is d1. Each touch leading wire 12 includes afirst sub-leading wire 121 and a second sub-leading wire 122 that areconnected to each other. The first sub-leading wire 121 is located inthe fan-shaped area 31, and the second sub-leading wire 122 is locatedin the straight line area 32. In other words, as defined in thisapplication, the fan-shaped area 31 is an area occupied by a pluralityof densely-arranged first sub-leading wires 121, and the straight linearea is an area occupied by a plurality of densely-arranged secondsub-leading wires 122 in a same direction.

In this embodiment of this application, two ends of the firstsub-leading wire 121 are respectively connected to the touch signal wire11 and the second sub-leading wire 122, and the second sub-leading wire122 is connected to a pin of a drive chip (not shown in the figure), sothat in a touch detection phase, the touch signal wire 11 transmits asignal to the drive chip through the touch leading wire 12. Each touchelectrode in the touch electrode array forms a capacitance to theground. When a finger touches the display panel, a finger capacitance isadded to a capacitance formed by a touch electrode, so that a change isgenerated in a capacitance of the touch electrode to the ground. A touchlocation of the finger is determined based on a location of the touchelectrode at which a capacitance change is detected, to implement atouch function.

A distance between two second sub-leading wires 122 that are adjacentand that are located in different straight line areas 32 is a firstdistance H1, a distance between two second sub-leading wires 122 thatare adjacent and that are located in a same straight line area 32 is asecond distance H2, and the first distance H1 is greater than the seconddistance H2. It can also be seen from the schematic diagram in FIG. 2that the first distance H1 is obviously greater than the second distanceH2. In this embodiment of this application, after the touch leadingwires 12 electrically connected to the touch signal wires 11 are led outfrom the first boundary 10, the touch leading wires 12 are divided intoat least two fan-out routing areas in the non-display area 2 forrouting, and a plurality of touch leading wires in each fan-out routingarea are gradually converged into one bundle of wires.

In a panel manufacturing process, a touch leading wire is usuallymanufactured by using an etching process. To ensure that touch leadingwires manufactured at a same layer of metal are insulated from eachother, a spacing between two adjacent touch leading wires is greaterthan or equal to a minimum process spacing. If the spacing is less thanthe minimum process spacing, poor etching may exist in the etchingprocess, resulting in a short circuit between the two adjacent touchleading wires. The minimum process spacing is related to a material usedfor the touch leading wire, a thickness of the touch leading wire, aphotoresist and an etching solution used in a touch leading wire etchingprocess, and the like. Generally, to ensure that total space occupied byall touch leading wires is the smallest to reduce space of thenon-display area, a plurality of touch leading wires are arrangeddensely, to ensure that adjacent touch leading wires are insulated fromeach other and the minimum process spacing is satisfied.

FIG. 3 is a principle diagram 1 of an embodiment of this application. Asshown in FIG. 3 , only a touch signal wire 11 in a display area and atouch leading wire in a non-display area are shown in a simplifiedmanner. The touch leading wire includes a first sub-leading wire 121 ina fan-shaped area 31 and a second sub-leading wire 122 in a straightline area (not marked in the figure). In a cabling manner of the touchleading wire shown in FIG. 3 , a shape of a part of the firstsub-leading wire in the fan-shaped area 31 is a fold line. In an actualproduct, there are a large quantity of touch leading wires. Forprinciple description, only 16 touch leading wires are used as anexample. (a) in FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram in which 16 touch leadingwires are arranged densely in one fan-out routing area in a relatedtechnology, and a width occupied by a fan-shaped area 31 in a directione is D1. (b) in FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram in which 16 touch leadingwires are disposed in two fan-out routing areas and are densely arrangedafter a solution of this application is used, and a width occupied by afan-shaped area 31 in a direction e is D2.

In both the related technology and the solution of this application,after the touch leading wires are led out from a first boundary 10, thetouch leading wires are gradually converged to the middle to form onebundle of wires. When a same manufacturing process is used in both FIG.(a) and FIG. (b), a same minimum process spacing between two adjacenttouch leading wires is used in a touch leading wire etching process. Inthe solution (b) of this application, the 16 touch leading wires aredisposed in the two fan-out routing areas and arranged. Therefore, aquantity of touch leading wires in each fan-out routing area is lessthan 16. In the figure, an example in which each fan-out routing areaincludes eight touch leading wires is used only for description. When asame manufacturing process is used in both the solution (b) of thisapplication and the related technology (a), a spacing between adjacentsecond sub-leading wires 122 in the solution (b) of this application isthe same as a spacing between adjacent second sub-leading wires 122 inthe related technology (a), and a plurality of first sub-leading wires121 in a same fan-shaped area 31 in the solution (b) of this applicationare densely arranged. It is assumed that an arrangement manner of thetouch leading wires in the related technology (a) is as follows: whenthe touch leading wires are insulated from each other and a minimumprocess spacing is satisfied, a manufacturing process can achieve aminimum space occupied by the fan-shaped area 31. In this case, anarrangement manner of the eight touch leading wires in each fan-outrouting area in the solution (b) of this application may be the same asan arrangement manner of eight touch leading wires (an area 55 marked bydashed lines in the figure) in the middle of the fan-out routing area inthe related technology (a). It can be seen that the width D2 occupied bythe fan-shaped area 31 in the direction e in the solution (b) of thisapplication is less than the width D1 occupied by the fan-shaped area 31in the direction e in the related technology (a). In this application,after the touch leading wires in the non-display area are divided intothe two fan-out routing areas for routing, the width occupied by thefan-shaped area can be obviously reduced, to facilitate narrowing of abezel.

FIG. 4 is a principle diagram 2 of an embodiment of this application. Asshown in FIG. 4 , only a touch signal wire 11 in a display area and atouch leading wire in a non-display area are shown in a simplifiedmanner. The touch leading wire includes a first sub-leading wire 121 ina fan-shaped area 31 and a second sub-leading wire 122 in a straightline area (not marked in the figure). Different from the cabling mannerof the touch leading wire in FIG. 3 , a shape of the first sub-leadingwire 121 in the fan-shaped area 31 in FIG. 4 is a slash. (c) in FIG. 4is a schematic diagram in which 16 touch leading wires are arrangeddensely in one fan-out routing area in a related technology, and a widthoccupied by a fan-shaped area 31 in a direction e is D3. (g) in FIG. 4is a schematic diagram in which 16 touch leading wires are disposed intwo fan-out routing areas and are densely arranged after a solution ofthis application is used, and a width occupied by a fan-shaped area 31in a direction e is D4.

As shown in the related technology (c) in FIG. 4 , a spacing between twoadjacent touch signal wires 11 is H5, and a spacing between two adjacentsecond sub-leading wires 122 in a straight line area is H6, where H5>H6.(c) in FIG. 4 further shows a center first sub-leading wire 121-1located at the center of the fan-shaped area. A first sub-leading wire121 that is father away from the center first sub-leading wire 121-1have a smaller included angle with a horizontal direction in the figure,and a spacing between two adjacent first sub-leading wires 121 is largerin a direction farther away from the center first sub-leading wire121-1. It should be noted that, as shown in the figure, the spacingbetween two adjacent first sub-leading wires 121 gradually changes alongthe direction e, that is, there is a maximum spacing and a minimumspacing between two adjacent first sub-leading wires 121. Therefore, fortwo first sub-leading wires 121-2 and 121-3 that are closest to an outerside of the fan-out routing area, θ1>θ2. In addition, to ensure thatadjacent first sub-leading wires are insulated from each other and totalspace occupied by all first sub-leading wires is smallest, a minimumspacing between the first sub-leading wire 121-2 and the firstsub-leading wire 121-3 is a minimum process spacing.

When the 16 touch leading wires are disposed in the two fan-out routingareas and arranged by using the solution of this application, a quantityof touch leading wires in each fan-out routing area is less than 16. InFIG. 4 , an example in which each fan-out routing area includes eighttouch leading wires is used only for description. Assuming that it isstill the same as the principle description of FIG. 3 , an arrangementmanner of the eight touch leading wires in each fan-out routing area isthe same as an arrangement manner of eight touch leading wires (an area66 marked by dashed lines in the figure) in the middle of the fan-outrouting area in the related technology (c), which can be seen fromdashed lines in the solution (g) of this application, a width occupiedby the fan-shaped area in the direction e cannot be reduced. This isbecause in the arrangement manner of first sub-leading wires shown byusing the dashed lines, a minimum spacing between two outermostdashed-line first sub-leading wires in the fan-shaped area is greaterthan the minimum process spacing. An included angle between theoutermost dashed-line first sub-leading wire and the horizontaldirection is θ3, and θ3>θ2. When a solution design of this applicationis used, and a same manufacturing process in the related technology isused in the solution of this application, a minimum process spacing inthe solution (g) of this application is the same as the minimum processspacing in the related technology (c). Therefore, in the solution (g) ofthis application, an included angle between the outermost firstsub-leading wire in the fan-shaped area and the horizontal direction isθ4. θ4 is set to approximately equal to θ2. In this case, it can beensured that a minimum spacing between two outermost adjacent firstsub-leading wires in the fan-shaped area is approximately equal to theminimum process spacing, so that adjacent first sub-leading wires areinsulated from each other, and total space occupied by all firstsub-leading wires is smallest. In this solution (g) of this application,the width occupied by the fan-shaped area in the direction e is D4,D4<D3. In this application, after the touch leading wires in thenon-display area are divided into the two fan-out routing areas forrouting, the width occupied by the fan-shaped area can be obviouslyreduced, to facilitate narrowing of a bezel.

In embodiments of this application, the touch leading wires are dividedinto at least two fan-out routing areas for routing, so that a quantityof touch leading wires arranged in each fan-shaped area can be reduced.The touch leading wires are densely arranged in each fan-out routingarea, to ensure that any two adjacent touch leading wires are insulatedfrom each other, and the minimum process spacing is satisfied. When itis ensured that total space occupied by all first sub-leading wires issmallest, a width occupied by the fan-shaped areas can be reduced, tofacilitate narrowing of the bezel.

It should be noted that, in principle descriptions of FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, two arrangement manners of first sub-leading wires in a fan-shapedarea are provided. In one arrangement manner, at least some of aplurality of first sub-leading wires in a fan-shaped area are foldlines, and in the other arrangement manner, all of a plurality of firstsub-leading wires in a fan-shaped area are slashes. Both the foregoingtwo arrangement manners are applicable to this application, and only oneof the arrangement manners is used for illustration in a specificembodiment.

In an embodiment, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another optionalimplementation of a display panel according to an embodiment of thisapplication. A non-display area 2 includes four fan-out routing areasarranged along a first boundary 10. The fan-out routing area is an areaoccupied by a plurality of densely-arranged touch leading wires, and awidth occupied by a fan-shaped area 31 in a direction e is d2. When atotal quantity of touch leading wires is fixed, a larger quantity offan-out routing areas included in the non-display area 2 indicates asmaller quantity of touch leading wires disposed in each fan-out routingarea, and correspondingly, a quantity of touch leading wires arranged ineach fan-shaped area is smaller. It can be learned from the foregoingprinciple descriptions in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 that a smaller quantity oftouch leading wires are arranged in each fan-shaped area facilitatereducing of the width occupied by the fan-shaped area in the directione. In an actual product, a quantity of fan-out routing areas in thenon-display area may be designed based on a specific manufacturingprocess and a design requirement, to ensure that a bezel can be narrowedwhile manufacturing process complexity is not increased.

The display panel provided in this embodiment of this application isapplicable to a liquid crystal display panel, and is also applicable toan organic light-emitting display panel. FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematicdiagram of an area 77 in FIG. 2 . FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of across section of a tangent line 333 in FIG. 6 . FIG. 8 is a schematicdiagram of another cross section of the tangent line 333 in FIG. 6 .

As shown in FIG. 6 , the touch signal wire 11 is connected to the touchelectrode 13 through a via hole 88.

FIG. 7 shows that the display panel provided in this embodiment of thisapplication is a liquid crystal display panel. As shown in FIG. 7 , thedisplay panel includes a substrate layer 101, a thin film transistorarray layer 102, a liquid crystal layer 103, and a color filtersubstrate 104. The substrate layer 101 is configured to support the thinfilm transistor array layer 102, and the substrate layer 101 may be aglass substrate. The thin film transistor array layer 102 includes aplurality of thin film transistors, configured to form a pixel circuitthat controls light emitting of pixels on the display panel. The liquidcrystal layer 103 is filled with liquid crystal molecules, and the colorfilter substrate 104 includes a color resistance layer and a blackmatrix, which are not shown in the figure. The display panel furtherincludes a touch electrode layer 107 and a metal routing layer that arelocated on a side that is of the thin film transistor array layer 102and that is away from the substrate layer 101, the touch electrode 13 islocated at the touch electrode layer 107, and the touch signal wire 11is located at the metal routing layer. As shown in the figure, the metalrouting layer includes a first metal routing layer 1081 and a secondmetal routing layer 1082. Relative locations of the first metal routinglayer 1081 and the second metal routing layer 1082 in the figure aremerely examples. An insulation layer (not marked in the figure) isdisposed between adjacent metal layers. Some wire segments of the touchsignal wire are resistance reduction wire segments. The resistancereduction wire segment includes a first sub-wire segment 1111 and asecond sub-wire segment 1112 that are connected in parallel. The firstsub-wire segment 1111 and the second sub-wire segment 1112 arerespectively located at the first metal routing layer 1081 and thesecond metal routing layer 1082. A resistance reduction wire segment isshown in the figure. The first sub-wire segment 1111 and the secondsub-wire segment 1112 are connected through via holes at least at twolocations, and the first sub-wire segment 1111 is electrically connectedto the touch electrode 13 through the via hole 88 at the insulationlayer. The resistance reduction wire segment formed by connecting thefirst sub-wire segment and the second sub-wire segment in parallel canreduce resistance, that is, can reduce resistance on the touch signalwire, to reduce a voltage drop on the touch signal wire, therebyreducing power consumption of the display panel. Optionally, the touchelectrode may be multiplexed as a common electrode in the panel for use.A manufacturing material of the touch electrode may include an indiumtin oxide.

In another embodiment, the display panel is a liquid crystal displaypanel, only one metal layer routing layer is disposed above a touchelectrode layer, and all touch signal wires are located at a same metalrouting layer. Using one metal layer to manufacture the touch signalwires can reduce a film layer thickness of the display panel, which isnot shown herein.

FIG. 8 shows that the display panel provided in this embodiment of thisapplication is an organic light-emitting display panel. As shown in FIG.8 , the display panel includes a substrate layer 201, and a thin filmtransistor array layer 202, a display layer 205, a packaging layer 206,and a touch electrode layer 107 that are sequentially arranged above thesubstrate layer 201. The touch electrode 13 is located at the touchelectrode layer 107, and a metal routing layer is located on a side thatis of the touch electrode layer 107 and that is away from the packaginglayer 206. The substrate layer 201 may be a rigid substrate, or may be aflexible substrate. The thin film transistor array layer 202 includes aplurality of thin film transistors, configured to form a pixel circuitthat controls light emitting of pixels on the display panel. The displaylayer 205 includes a plurality of light-emitting components 2051. Thelight-emitting component 2051 includes an anode 4, a light-emittinglayer 5, and a cathode 6 that are stacked in sequence. The packaginglayer 206 is configured to package the display layer 205, to isolatewater and oxygen and ensure a service life of the light emittingcomponent 2051. Optionally, the packaging layer 206 includes twoinorganic packaging layers and an organic packaging layer locatedbetween the inorganic packaging layers. As shown in the figure, themetal routing layer includes a first metal routing layer 1081 and asecond metal routing layer 1082. Relative locations of the first metalrouting layer 1081 and the second metal routing layer 1082 in the figureare merely examples. An insulation layer (not marked in the figure) isdisposed between adjacent metal layers. At least some wire segments ofthe touch signal wire are resistance reduction wire segments. Theresistance reduction wire segment includes a first sub-wire segment 1111and a second sub-wire segment 1112 that are connected in parallel. Thefirst sub-wire segment 1111 and the second sub-wire segment 1112 arerespectively located at the first metal routing layer 1081 and thesecond metal routing layer 1082. A resistance reduction wire segment 111is shown in the figure. The first sub-wire segment 1111 and the secondsub-wire segment 1112 are connected through via holes at least at twolocations, and the first sub-wire segment 1111 is electrically connectedto the touch electrode 13 through a via hole at the insulation layer.The resistance reduction wire segment formed by connecting the firstsub-wire segment and the second sub-wire segment in parallel can reduceresistance, that is, can reduce resistance on the touch signal wire, toreduce a voltage drop on the touch signal wire, thereby reducing powerconsumption of the display panel.

In another embodiment, the display panel is an organic light-emittingdisplay panel, only one metal layer routing layer is disposed above atouch electrode layer, and all touch signal wires are located at a samemetal routing layer. Using one metal layer to manufacture the touchsignal wires can reduce a film layer thickness of the display panel,which is not shown herein.

In this application, a manufacturing material of the touch electrodelayer includes one or more of metal molybdenum, metal aluminum, andmetal titanium, and a manufacturing material of the metal routing layerincludes one or more of metal molybdenum, metal aluminum, and metaltitanium. Optionally, the touch electrode layer is made of single-layermetal molybdenum, or three-layer metal titanium-aluminum-titanium, orthree-layer metal molybdenum-aluminum-molybdenum. The metal routinglayer is made of single-layer metal molybdenum, or three-layer metaltitanium-aluminum-titanium, or three-layer metalmolybdenum-aluminum-molybdenum.

Further, in an embodiment, FIG. 9 is a partial schematic top view ofanother optional implementation of a display panel according to anembodiment of this application. As shown in FIG. 9 , only some of touchelectrodes 13 in a touch electrode array are shown. The touch electrode13 includes a plurality of openings 133, and the openings 133 penetratethe touch electrode 13 in a thickness direction of the touch electrode13. A shape of the opening in the figure is merely an example. In theorganic light-emitting display panel, the touch electrode is locatedabove the display layer (refer to the foregoing schematic diagram ofFIG. 8 ), and light emitted by the light-emitting component can beemitted out of the display panel only after passing through a film layerat which the touch electrode is located. In this embodiment of thisapplication, the plurality of openings are disposed on the touchelectrode, to form a grid-shaped touch electrode. Some light emitted bya light-emitting component can be emitted out of the display panelthrough the openings, to reduce light loss when light passes through afilm layer. Therefore, when the touch electrode is made of a metalmaterial, the touch electrode does not block light output of thelight-emitting component, light output efficiency of the light-emittingcomponent can be ensured, and impact on brightness of the display panelis avoided.

Optionally, quantities of touch leading wires in fan-out routing areasare the same. When cabling is performed according to the two arrangementmanners shown in the foregoing principle descriptions in FIG. 3 and FIG.4 , it can be ensured that widths occupied by fan-shaped areas in thefan-out routing areas are basically the same in a direction e, to savespace occupied by the fan-shaped areas, and help narrow a bezel.

Optionally, each fan-out routing area has a central axis, so that thetouch leading wires are properly arranged, and it is ensured that thewidths occupied by the fan-shaped areas are basically the same in thedirection e.

In an embodiment, FIG. 10 is a partial schematic diagram of anotheroptional implementation of a display panel according to an embodiment ofthis application. FIG. 11 is a simplified schematic diagram of a bendingarea in FIG. 10 in a bent state. As shown in FIG. 10 , a non-displayarea 2 further includes the bending area 7, a bending axis 71 of thebending area 7 is parallel to a first boundary 10, a second sub-leadingwire 122 passes through the bending area 7 in a direction perpendicularto the first boundary 10, the bending axis 71 is a virtual axis ratherthan a physical structure in the display panel, and the bending area 7can be bent along the bending axis 71. A binding area 8 is furtherdisposed on a side that is of the bending area 7 and that is away from adisplay area 1. The binding area 8 is configured to bind a flexiblecircuit board. A drive chip may be fixed on the flexible circuit board,to implement a connection between the drive chip and the display panel.The bending area 7 can be bent. As shown in FIG. 11 , after being bentwith the bending area, the flexible circuit board 81 bound to the drivechip 82 can be disposed on a side that is of the display panel and thatis away from a display surface. When the bending area is in the bentstate, the drive chip is located on a back side rather than a front sideof the display panel, to further narrow the bezel of the display panel.

In an embodiment, FIG. 12 is a partial schematic diagram of anotheroptional implementation of a display panel according to an embodiment ofthis application. FIG. 13 is a partial schematic diagram of anotheroptional implementation of a display panel according to an embodiment ofthis application. FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 each shows an example in which thenon-display area 2 includes four fan-out routing areas. One fan-outrouting area is an area occupied by a plurality of densely-arrangedtouch leading wires. A shielded signal wire 14 that is adjacent to thetouch leading wire is disposed on an outer side of each fan-out routingarea. FIG. 12 shows that two shielded signal wires 14 that are betweentwo adjacent fan-out routing areas and that are respectively adjacent totwo touch leading wires located in different fan-out routing areas areconnected to each other. FIG. 13 shows that a shielded signal wire 14that is disposed on an outer side of a fan-out routing area is notconnected to another shielded signal wire. A manner of disposing theshielded signal wire may be set based on a specific process requirement.In application of the panel, a direct current voltage signal passesthrough the shielded signal wire 14, or the shielded signal wire 14 isgrounded, or a voltage signal the same as a voltage signal of a touchelectrode may pass through the shielded signal wire 14. The shieldedsignal wire 14 can be used to shield signals and effectively isolatesignal crosstalk of the display panel. The shielded signal wire 14 maybe electrically connected to a drive chip (for example, the drive chipdescribed in the foregoing embodiment in FIG. 10 ), and the drive chipsupplies a voltage signal to the shielded signal wire 14; or theshielded signal wire 14 is electrically connected to a mainboard byusing a flexible circuit board, and the mainboard directly supplies asignal to the shielded signal wire 14.

Further, FIG. 14 is a simplified schematic diagram of another optionalimplementation of a display panel according to an embodiment of thisapplication. As shown in FIG. 14 , a touch electrode array includes aplurality of touch electrode rows 131 and a plurality of touch electrodecolumns 132. Each touch electrode row 131 includes a plurality of touchelectrodes 13, and each touch electrode column 132 includes a pluralityof touch electrodes 13. A central axis 9 of a display area 1 isperpendicular to a first boundary 10.

At least some of a plurality of touch signal wires are jump touch signalwires 112, and a shape of the jump touch signal wire is a fold line. Toclearly show a manner of disposing the jump touch signal wire 112, onlysome touch signal wires are shown as jump touch signal wires 112 in thefigure. The jump touch signal wire includes a start point 91 and an endpoint 92. The start point 91 is electrically connected to one touchelectrode 13, and the end point 92 intersects with the first boundary10. A distance between the start point 91 and the central axis 9 of thedisplay area 1 is a third distance H3, a distance between the end point92 and the central axis 9 is a fourth distance H4, and the thirddistance H3 is greater than the fourth distance H4. As shown in thefigure, a location at which the jump touch signal wire 112 extends outof the display area shifts toward the central axis 9. In other words,the start point of the jump touch signal wire defined in thisapplication is a location point at which the jump touch signal wire iselectrically connected to the touch electrode, and the end point of thejump touch signal wire is an end point of the jump touch signal wire inthe display area when the jump touch signal wire extends toward anon-display area in which a touch leading wire is disposed.

In a related technology, an extension direction of a touch signal wireis basically parallel to the central axis 9. After being electricallyconnected to a touch electrode, the touch signal wire directly extendsto the first boundary 10 between the display area 1 and the non-displayarea 2 in a direction parallel to the central axis 9 (for example, anarea 99 framed by dashed lines in FIG. 14 is a location of end points oftouch signal wires in the display area in the related technology). Theend points of the touch signal wires in the display area 1 are basicallyevenly distributed on the first boundary 10 between the display area 1and the non-display area 2, and corresponding connection locations oftouch leading wires and the touch signal wires are also evenlydistributed on the first boundary 10. Then, a plurality of touch leadingwires are gradually converged into a bundle of wires. The manner ofdisposing the touch signal wires in the related technology affectsutilization of space of a bottom bezel. However, in this embodiment ofthis application, the at least some of the plurality of touch signalwires are the jump touch signal wires. As shown in FIG. 14 , end pointsof the jump touch signal wires in the display area shift toward thecentral axis 9, and a fan-out routing area formed by the jump touchsignal wires also approaches the central axis 9. Therefore, a totalwidth occupied by all fan-out routing areas in a direction parallel tothe first boundary 10 can be reduced, and space of the non-display areais further reduced.

In an embodiment, FIG. 15 is a partial schematic diagram of anotheroptional implementation of a display panel according to an embodiment ofthis application. As shown in FIG. 15 , a plurality of touch electrodecolumns include two edge touch electrode columns 1321 located at edgesof the touch electrode columns. Only one edge touch electrode column1321 is shown in the figure. The edge touch electrode column 1321 isparallel to a central axis 9 of a display area 1. Touch signal wireselectrically connected to at least some touch electrodes in at least oneedge touch electrode column 1321 are jump touch signal wires 112. Onlysome touch electrodes 13 in the edge touch electrode column 1321 areshown in the figure. For one jump touch signal wire 112, a distancebetween a start point 91 of the jump touch signal wire 112 and thecentral axis 9 of the display area 1 is greater than a distance betweenan end point 92 of the jump touch signal wire 112 and the central axis9. Locations of the jump touch signal wires 112 extending from thedisplay area 1 shift toward the central axis 9. These jump touch signalwires do not need to be led out from a location of an area 20 in thefigure and connected to touch leading wires in a non-display area. Asshown in the figure, corresponding touch leading wires 12 also approachthe central axis 9 (which may also be understood with reference to theforegoing embodiment description in FIG. 14 ). In this case, a quantityof touch leading wires disposed in the non-display area at the locationof the area 20 in the figure can be reduced. Alternatively, all touchsignal wires electrically connected to touch electrodes in edge touchelectrodes are jump touch signal wires, and no touch leading wire needsto be disposed in the non-display area 20. Therefore, space of anon-display area adjacent to a corner 22 of the display area can bereduced.

Further, still refer to FIG. 15 . The corner 22 that is of the displayarea 1 and that is close to a side of a fan-out routing area 3 is an arccorner. According to a design of the jump touch signal wires in thisembodiment of this application, space of the non-display area adjacentto the corner 22 of the display area can be reduced, and a shape of thenon-display area adjacent to the corner may be designed to adapt to ashape of the corner. In this case, the shape of the non-display areaadjacent to the corner 22 may be designed as an arc shape based on theshape of the corner 22, so that a bezel area adjacent to the arc cornerof the display area can be narrowed.

In an embodiment, FIG. 16 is a partial schematic diagram of anotheroptional implementation of a display panel according to an embodiment ofthis application. As shown in FIG. 16 , a plurality of touch electrodecolumns include a non-edge touch electrode column 1322, and the non-edgetouch electrode column 1322 is located between two edge touch electrodecolumns 1321. A partial schematic diagram in the figure shows only oneedge touch electrode column 1321 and a non-edge touch electrode column1322 located between the edge touch electrode column 1321 and a centralaxis (not shown in the figure) of a display screen. Touch signal wiresthat are electrically connected to at least some touch electrodes in thenon-edge touch electrode column 1322 are jump touch signal wires 112.The figure shows that both the edge touch electrode column 1321 and thenon-edge touch electrode column 1322 have corresponding jump touchsignal wires 112. A shape of the jump touch signal wire 112 is a foldline, and a distance between a start point of the jump touch signal wireand the central axis is greater than a distance between an end point ofthe jump touch signal wire and the central axis. As shown in FIG. 16 ,when the jump touch signal wire 112 is designed as a fold line, toensure that a center of the jump touch signal wire 112 shifts toward thecentral axis, two jump touch signal wires in a display area 1 may crossdue to different routing directions. As shown in the figure, jump touchsignal wires cross each other in an area 666 framed by dashed lines.When the two jump touch signal wires that cross each other aremanufactured by using a same metal layer, to implement mutual insulationbetween the two jump touch signal wires at a crossing location, across-bridge line design may be used. One of the jump touch signal wiresis set to be broken at the crossing location, and then the broken jumptouch signal wire is connected by using a cross-bridge line at anothermetal layer. When the two jump touch signal wires that cross each otherare manufactured by using different metal layers, even if the two jumptouch signal wires cross due to different routing directions, the twojump touch signal wires are still insulated at a crossing location. Inthis embodiment of this application, a film layer location and anarrangement manner of the jump touch signal wires are designed, so thatan end point of a jump touch signal wire at each location shifts towardthe central axis in the display area, so that a fan-out routing areaformed by corresponding touch leading wires also approaches the centralaxis, and a total width occupied by all fan-out routing areas in adirection parallel to a first boundary can be reduced, to reduce spaceof a non-display area.

Further, a touch electrode that is electrically connected to the startpoint of the jump touch signal wire and a touch electrode that isadjacent to the end point of the jump touch signal wire (for example,the touch electrode is closest to the end point, or is overlapped by theend point in a direction perpendicular to the panel but is notelectrically connected to the end point) are located in different touchelectrode columns. Specifically, refer to the foregoing schematicdiagram in FIG. 14 . There is one touch electrode column 132 between thetouch electrode 13 that is electrically connected to the start point ofthe jump touch signal wire 112 and a touch electrode 13 that is adjacentto the end point of the jump touch signal wire 112, and an amount ofshift of the end point of the jump touch signal wire shifting toward thecentral axis 9 is at least a width of one touch electrode column. In anactual product, a quantity of touch electrode columns between the touchelectrode 13 electrically connected to the start point of the jump touchsignal wire 112 and the touch electrode 13 adjacent to the end point ofthe jump touch signal wire 112 may be selected based on a specificdesign requirement.

In this embodiment of this application, a shape of the jump touch signalwire is a fold line, and the jump touch signal wire includes at least afirst wire segment. The first wire segment is not parallel to thecentral axis of the display area. In other words, the first wire segmentis perpendicular to the central axis, or an extension line of the firstwire segment forms an included angle with the central axis. FIG. 17 is apartial schematic diagram of another optional implementation of adisplay panel according to an embodiment of this application. Only someof jump touch signal wires are shown. A shape of a jump touch signalwire is a fold line, and each jump touch signal wire includes a firstwire segment 41. For example, the first wire segment 41 is substantiallyperpendicular to a central axis 9 in the figure. In a relatedtechnology, an extension direction of a touch signal wire located in adisplay area is basically parallel to a central axis of the displayarea. However, in this embodiment of this application, it is set thatthe jump touch signal wire includes the first wire segment, and thefirst wire segment can change a routing direction of the jump touchsignal wire in a display area, so that an end point of the jump touchsignal wire shifts toward the central axis. In addition, a longer lengthof the first wire segment 41 indicates a larger amount of shift of anend point of the jump touch signal wire toward the central axis of thedisplay area, and a touch leading wire connected to the jump touchsignal wire shifts toward an extension line of the central axis 9, sothat a fan-out routing area formed by the touch leading wires alsoapproaches the central axis, and a total width occupied by all fan-outrouting areas in a direction parallel to a first boundary can bereduced.

Still refer to FIG. 17 . A jump touch signal wire 112 includes afirst-type jump touch signal wire and a second-type jump touch signalwire. The first-type jump touch signal wire includes a first wiresegment 41, and a second wire segment 42 and a third wire segment 43that are parallel to the central axis 9 of a display area. Two ends ofthe first wire segment 41 are respectively connected to one end of thesecond wire segment 42 and one end of the third wire segment 43, theother end of the second wire segment 42 is a start point 91 of the jumptouch signal wire, and the other end of the third wire segment 43 is anend point 92 of the jump touch signal wire. The end point 92 is an endpoint of the jump touch signal wire in a display area 1. After being ledout from a location at which the first-type jump touch signal wire iselectrically connected to a touch electrode 13, the first-type jumptouch signal wire is first routed in a direction parallel to the centralaxis 9, then a routing direction turns and extends toward the centralaxis 9, and then the routing direction turns again and extends to afirst boundary 10 between the display area 1 and a non-display area 2 ina direction parallel to the central axis 9.

The second-type jump touch signal wire includes a first wire segment 41and a fourth wire segment 44 parallel to the central axis 9 of thedisplay area. One end of the first wire segment 41 is a start point 91of the jump touch signal wire, the other end of the first wire segment41 is electrically connected to one end of the fourth wire segment 44,and the other end of the fourth wire segment 44 is an end point 92 ofthe jump touch signal wire. After being led out from a location at whichthe second-type jump touch signal wire is electrically connected to atouch electrode 13, the second-type jump touch signal wire is firstrouted toward the central axis 9, then a routing direction turns andextends to the first boundary 10 between the display area 1 and thenon-display area 2 in the direction parallel to the central axis 9.

By using a routing manner of the first-type jump touch signal wire or arouting manner of the second-type jump touch signal wire, a location ofthe end point of the touch signal wire in the display area shifts towardthe central axis, so that a leading wire connected to the touch signalwire also shifts toward the extension line of the central axis, and afan-out routing area formed by a plurality of touch leading wires alsoapproaches the extension line of the central axis. Therefore, a totalwidth occupied by all fan-out routing areas in the direction parallel tothe first boundary can be reduced, and space of the non-display area isreduced. In an actual panel, the routing manner of the first-type jumptouch signal wire or the routing manner of the second-type jump touchsignal wire may be properly used based on a specific requirement, toarrange and design touch signal wires in the display area.

There are a large quantity of touch signal wires in an actual panel. Forexample, a touch electrode array in a display area is an 18*40 array. Inthis case, the touch electrode array includes 18 touch electrode rowsand 40 touch electrode columns. Correspondingly, there are 40 touchsignal wires corresponding to one touch electrode column, and a totalquantity of touch signal wires is 40*18=720. When a jump routing designis used for the touch signal wires, some of the touch signal wires maycross each other. Crossing means that two touch signal wires cross eachother after extending to a same location in the display area due todifferent extension directions. To avoid a short circuit caused bycrossing between the touch signal wires, at the cross location, thetouch signal wires may be disposed at different metal layers, or across-bridge design is used to avoid a short circuit. For details, referto the description in the embodiment in FIG. 16 . Details are notdescribed herein again.

In some optional implementations, the first wire segment of the jumptouch signal wire is parallel to the first boundary, and a thirddistance between the start point of the jump touch signal wire and thecentral axis is positively correlated with a distance between the firstwire segment and the first boundary. That is, if a distance between atouch electrode column and the central axis is longer, a distancebetween a first wire segment of a jump touch signal wire electricallyconnected to a touch electrode in the touch electrode column and thefirst boundary is longer. The display panel shown in FIG. 17 is used fordescription. Refer to a jump touch signal wire 112-1 and a jump touchsignal wire 112-2 shown in the figure. A distance between a start point91 of the jump touch signal wire 112-1 and the central axis 9 is greaterthan a distance between a start point 91 of the jump touch signal wire112-2 and the central axis 9. A distance between a first wire segment 41of the jump touch signal wire 112-1 and the first boundary 10 is h1, anda distance between a first wire segment 41 of the jump touch signal wire112-2 and the first boundary 10 is h2, where h1>h2. The implementationcan simplify a routing manner of the touch signal wire in a jump routingarea, and reduce a quantity of crossing times between jump touch signalwires. The jump routing area is an area in which the first wire segmentsare located and an area in which some touch wire segments between theend points and the first wire segments are located.

In an embodiment, a touch electrode array includes a first touchelectrode column, a second touch electrode column, a third touchelectrode column, to an N^(th) touch electrode column that aresequentially arranged, where N is a positive integer. The first touchelectrode column is parallel to a central axis, and a distance betweenthe N^(th) touch electrode column and the central axis is less than adistance between the first touch electrode column and the central axis.

Touch signal wires that are electrically connected to a plurality oftouch electrodes of an n^(th) touch electrode column are all jump touchsignal wires, touch signal wires that are electrically connected to aplurality of touch electrodes of an (n+1)^(th) touch electrode columnare all jump touch signal wires, and an end point of the jump touchsignal wire is adjacent to an (n+2)th touch electrode column, where n isan odd number, and n<N. FIG. 18 is used below as an example fordescription.

FIG. 18 is a partial schematic diagram of a display panel according toan embodiment of this application. A touch electrode array includes afirst touch electrode column 132-1, a second touch electrode column132-2, a third touch electrode column 132-3, a fourth touch electrodecolumn 132-4, and a fifth touch electrode column 132-5 that aresequentially arranged. End points of jump touch signal wires that areelectrically connected to touch electrodes in the first touch electrodecolumn 132-1 and the second touch electrode column 132-2 are alladjacent to the third touch electrode column 132-3, and the end point ofthe jump touch signal wire is a point at which the jump touch signalwire intersects a first boundary 10, which is not shown in the figure.End points of jump touch signal wires that are electrically connected totouch electrodes in the third touch electrode column 132-3 and thefourth touch electrode column 132-4 are all adjacent to the fifth touchelectrode column 132-5. The rest can be deduced in the same manner. Inthe implementation, a regular jump routing design is applied to the jumptouch signal wires. Both an end point of a jump touch signal wireconnected to a touch electrode in an odd-numbered touch electrode columnand an end point of a jump touch signal wire connected to a touchelectrode in an even-numbered touch electrode column are adjacent to asame touch electrode column. The regular design can relatively simplifyan overall routing manner of the jump touch signal wires, and can reducea quantity of overlapping times of the jump touch signal wires in ajumping routing area, helping simplify a manufacturing process.

Still refer to FIG. 18 . A plurality of touch electrode rows include afirst touch electrode row 131-1 and a second touch electrode row 131-2that are adjacent to each other, and the first touch electrode row 131-1is adjacent to the first boundary 10. First wire segments 41 of jumptouch signal wires 112 that are respectively electrically connected to aplurality of touch electrodes 13 in the first touch electrode column132-1 and the third touch electrode column 132-3 (that is, an n^(th)touch electrode column, where n is an odd number) overlap the secondtouch electrode row 131-2. First wire segments 41 of jump touch signalwires 112 that are respectively electrically connected to a plurality oftouch electrodes 13 of the second touch electrode column 132-2 and thefourth touch electrode column 132-4 (that is, an (n+1)th touch electrodecolumn) overlap the first touch electrode row 131-1. That is, a touchsignal wire electrically connected to a touch electrode in the n^(th)touch electrode column starts to be turned at a corresponding locationin the second touch electrode row and is routed toward the central axisof a display area, and a touch signal wire electrically connected to atouch electrode in the (n+1)th touch electrode column starts to beturned at a corresponding location in the first touch electrode row andis routed toward the central axis of the display area. Only an area inwhich the first touch electrode row and the second touch electrode roware located in the display area are occupied as a jump routing area ofjump touch signal wires, and the jump routing area occupies a smallarea. The jump routing area is an area in which the first wire segmentsare located and an area in which some touch wire segments between theend points and the first wire segments are located.

In addition, touch signal wires outside the jump routing area may be alldesigned as resistance reduction wire segments, so that resistance ontouch signal wires can be greatly reduced, thereby further reducingpower loss. In addition, as shown in FIG. 18 , after a jump touch signalwire 112-3 is led out from a touch electrode 13 electrically connectedto the jump touch signal wire 112-3, the jump touch signal wire 112-3needs to be pulled up first, and then starts to be turned. In the mannerin this embodiment of this application, a distance of pulling up a jumptouch signal wire that is electrically connected to a touch electrode inthe first touch electrode row 131-1 is short, and a setting manner ofpulling jump touch signal wires can be simplified, thereby reducingcrossing between the jump touch signal wires, and simplifying amanufacturing process.

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of a cross section of an optionalimplementation of a location at a tangent line 444 in FIG. 18 . As shownin FIG. 19 , for example, the display panel is an organic light-emittingdisplay panel. The display panel includes a first metal routing layer1081 and a second metal routing layer 1082 that are located on a sidethat is of a touch electrode layer 107 and that is away from a packaginglayer 206. In another embodiment, relative locations of the first metalrouting layer 1081 and the second metal routing layer 1082 areinterchangeable. As shown in the figure, jump touch signal wires outsidethe jump routing area (a location corresponding to the first touchelectrode row 131-1 and the second touch electrode row 131-2) uses adesign of a resistance reduction wire segment. After being turned forjump, three jump touch signal wires in a touch signal wire group 51 areall routed at the second metal routing layer 1082, and after beingturned for jump, three jump touch signal wires in a touch signal wiregroup 52 are all routed at the first metal routing layer 1081. Threetouch signal wires in the touch signal wire group 51 are electricallyconnected to touch electrodes in a same touch electrode column, andthree touch signal wires in the touch signal wire group 52 are alsoelectrically connected to touch electrodes in a same touch electrodecolumn. According to the implementation design, jump touch signal wiresthat are in the jump routing area and that are electrically connected totouch electrodes in different touch electrode columns are located atdifferent metal routing layers, so that proper routing is implemented,and a short circuit caused by crossing of the jump touch signal wires isavoided.

In an implementation, FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of a cross sectionof an optional implementation of a location at a tangent line 555 inFIG. 18 . As shown in FIG. 20 , each touch leading wire 12 includes afirst parallel leading wire 124 at a first metal routing layer 1081 anda second parallel leading wire 125 at a second metal routing layer 1082,and the first parallel leading wire 124 and the second parallel leadingwire 125 are connected in parallel, so that resistance on the touchleading wire 12 can be reduced, a voltage drop generated when a touchsignal is transmitted on the touch leading wire is reduced, therebyfurther reducing power loss.

In another embodiment, all touch leading wires located in a non-displayarea are located at a same metal layer.

Based on a same inventive concept, an embodiment of this applicationfurther provides an electronic device. FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram ofan electronic device according to an embodiment of this application. Asshown in FIG. 21 , the electronic device includes the display panel 100provided in any embodiment of this application. A specific structure ofthe display panel 100 has been described in detail in the foregoingembodiment, and details are not described herein again. Certainly, theelectronic device shown in FIG. 21 is merely an example for description.The electronic device may be any electronic device having a displayfunction, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebookcomputer, an e-book, or a television set.

The foregoing descriptions are merely example embodiments of the presentinvention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. Anymodification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within thespirit and principle of the present invention should fall within theprotection scope of the present invention.

Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merelyintended for describing the technical solutions of the presentinvention, but not for limiting the present invention. Although thepresent invention is described in detail with reference to the foregoingembodiments, persons of ordinary skill in the art should understand thatthey may still make modifications to the technical solutions describedin the foregoing embodiments or make equivalent replacements to some orall technical features thereof, without departing from the scope of thetechnical solutions of embodiments of the present invention.

1. A display panel, comprising: a display area comprising a touchelectrode array; and a non-display area enclosing the display area;wherein the touch electrode array comprises a plurality of touchelectrodes and a plurality of touch signal wires, and wherein one touchelectrode is electrically connected to at least one touch signal wire;wherein the non-display area comprises at least two fan-out routingareas, wherein the at least two fan-out routing areas are arranged alonga first boundary between the non-display area and the display area,wherein each fan-out routing area comprises a plurality of touch leadingwires, and wherein the touch leading wires are electrically connected tothe touch signal wires in a one-to-one correspondence; wherein eachfan-out routing area comprises a fan-shaped area and a straight linearea, and wherein the fan-shaped area is located between the firstboundary and the straight line area; wherein each touch leading wirecomprises a first sub-leading wire connected to a second sub-leadingwire, wherein the first sub-leading wire is located in the fan-shapedarea, and wherein the second sub-leading wire is located in the straightline area; and wherein a distance between two second sub-leading wiresthat are adjacent and that are located in different straight line areasis a first distance, a distance between two second sub-leading wiresthat are adjacent and that are located in a same straight line area is asecond distance, and the first distance is greater than the seconddistance.
 2. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the touchelectrode array comprises a plurality of touch electrode rows and aplurality of touch electrode columns, wherein each touch electrode rowcomprises a plurality of touch electrodes, and wherein each touchelectrode column comprises a plurality of touch electrodes; wherein acentral axis of the display area is perpendicular to the first boundary;wherein at least some of the plurality of touch signal wires are jumptouch signal wires, wherein a shape of the jump touch signal wire is afold line, wherein the jump touch signal wire comprises a start pointand an end point, wherein the start point is electrically connected toone touch electrode, and wherein the end point intersects the firstboundary; and wherein a distance between the start point and the centralaxis is a third distance, wherein a distance between the end point andthe central axis is a fourth distance, and wherein the third distance isgreater than the fourth distance.
 3. The display panel according toclaim 2, wherein the plurality of touch electrode columns comprise twoedge touch electrode arrays located on edges of the touch electrodearray; and wherein touch signal wires that are electrically connected toat least some touch electrodes in at least one edge touch electrodecolumn are jump touch signal wires.
 4. The display panel according toclaim 3, wherein a corner of the display area close to a side of thefan-out routing area is an arc corner.
 5. The display panel according toclaim 3, wherein the plurality of touch electrode columns furthercomprise a non-edge touch electrode column, and wherein the non-edgetouch electrode column is located between the two edge touch electrodecolumns; and wherein touch signal wires that are electrically connectedto at least some touch electrodes in the non-edge touch electrode columnare jump touch signal wires.
 6. The display panel according to claim 2,wherein the touch electrode that is electrically connected to the startpoint and a touch electrode that is adjacent to the end point arelocated in different touch electrode columns.
 7. The display panelaccording to claim 2, wherein the jump touch signal wire comprises atleast a first wire segment, and wherein the first wire segment is notparallel to the central axis.
 8. The display panel according to claim 7,wherein the first wire segment is parallel to the first boundary, andthe third distance is correlated with a distance between the first wiresegment and the first boundary.
 9. The display panel according to claim7, wherein the touch electrode array comprises a first touch electrodecolumn to an N^(th) touch electrode column that are sequentiallyarranged, wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3;wherein the first touch electrode column is parallel to the centralaxis, and wherein a distance between the first touch electrode columnand the central axis is greater than a distance between any one of thesecond touch electrode column to the N^(th) touch electrode column andthe central axis; and wherein touch signal wires that are electricallyconnected to a plurality of touch electrodes of an n^(th) touchelectrode column are all jump touch signal wires, wherein touch signalwires that are electrically connected to a plurality of touch electrodesof an (n+1)^(th) touch electrode column are all jump touch signal wires,wherein an end point of the jump touch signal wire is adjacent to an(n+2)^(th) touch electrode column, and wherein n is an odd number, andn<N.
 10. The display panel according to claim 9, wherein a first touchelectrode row in the plurality of touch electrode rows is adjacent to asecond touch electrode row in the plurality of touch electrode rows, andwherein the first touch electrode row is adjacent to the first boundary;wherein first wire segments of the jump touch signal wires that arerespectively electrically connected to the plurality of touch electrodesof the n^(th) touch electrode column overlap the second touch electroderow; and wherein first wire segments of the jump touch signal wires thatare respectively electrically connected to the plurality of touchelectrodes of the (n+1)^(th) touch electrode column overlap the firsttouch electrode row.
 11. The display panel according to claim 7, whereinat least one of: the jump touch signal wire further comprises a secondwire segment and a third wire segment that are parallel to the centralaxis, wherein two ends of the first wire segment are respectivelyconnected to one end of the second wire segment and one end of the thirdwire segment, and wherein the other end of the second wire segment isthe start point, and the other end of the third wire segment is the endpoint; and the jump touch signal wire further comprises a fourth wiresegment that is parallel to the central axis, wherein one end of thefirst wire segment is the start point, wherein the other end of thefirst wire segment is electrically connected to one end of the fourthwire segment, and wherein the other end of the fourth wire segment isthe end point.
 12. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein thedisplay panel further comprises a substrate layer and a metal routinglayer located above the substrate layer, and wherein the metal routinglayer comprises a first metal routing layer and a second metal routinglayer; and wherein at least some of the plurality of touch signal wirescomprise a resistance reduction wire segment, wherein the resistancereduction wire segment comprises a first sub-wire segment and a secondsub-wire segment that are connected in parallel, and wherein the firstsub-wire segment and the second sub-wire segment are respectivelylocated at the first metal routing layer and the second metal routinglayer.
 13. The display panel according to claim 12, wherein the displaypanel further comprises a thin film transistor array layer, a displaylayer, a packaging layer, and a touch electrode layer that aresequentially arranged above the substrate layer, wherein the touchelectrode array is located at the touch electrode layer, and wherein ametal wiring layer is located on a side that is of the touch electrodelayer and that is away from the packaging layer.
 14. The display panelaccording to claim 1, wherein a shielded signal wire that is adjacent tothe touch leading wire is disposed outside each fan-out routing area.15. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the non-display areafurther comprises a bending area, wherein a bending axis of the bendingarea is parallel to the first boundary, and wherein the secondsub-leading wire passes through the bending area in a directionperpendicular to the first boundary.
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 17. An electronicdevice, comprising a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises:a display area comprising a touch electrode array; and a non-displayarea enclosing the display area; wherein the touch electrode arraycomprises a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of touchsignal wires, and wherein one touch electrode is electrically connectedto at least one touch signal wire; wherein the non-display areacomprises at least two fan-out routing areas, wherein the at least twofan-out routing areas are arranged along a first boundary between thenon-display area and the display area, wherein each fan-out routing areacomprises a plurality of touch leading wires, and wherein the touchleading wires are electrically connected to the touch signal wires in aone-to-one correspondence; wherein each fan-out routing area comprises afan-shaped area and a straight line area, and wherein the fan-shapedarea is located between the first boundary and the straight line area;wherein each touch leading wire comprises a first sub-leading wireconnected to a second sub-leading wire, wherein the first sub-leadingwire is located in the fan-shaped area, and wherein the secondsub-leading wire is located in the straight line area; and wherein adistance between two second sub-leading wires that are adjacent and thatare located in different straight line areas is a first distance,wherein a distance between two second sub-leading wires that areadjacent and that are located in a same straight line area is a seconddistance, and wherein the first distance is greater than the seconddistance.
 18. The electronic device according to claim 17, wherein thetouch electrode array comprises a plurality of touch electrode rows anda plurality of touch electrode columns, wherein each touch electrode rowcomprises a plurality of touch electrodes, and wherein each touchelectrode column comprises a plurality of touch electrodes; wherein acentral axis of the display area is perpendicular to the first boundary;wherein at least some of the plurality of touch signal wires are jumptouch signal wires, a shape of the jump touch signal wire is a foldline, wherein the jump touch signal wire comprises a start point and anend point, wherein the start point is electrically connected to onetouch electrode, and wherein the end point intersects the firstboundary; and wherein a distance between the start point and the centralaxis is a third distance, a distance between the end point and thecentral axis is a fourth distance, and the third distance is greaterthan the fourth distance.
 19. The electronic device according to claim18, wherein the plurality of touch electrode columns comprise two edgetouch electrode arrays located on edges of the touch electrode array;and wherein touch signal wires that are electrically connected to atleast some touch electrodes in at least one edge touch electrode columnare jump touch signal wires.
 20. The electronic device according toclaim 19, wherein a corner of the display area close to a side of thefan-out routing area is an arc corner.
 21. The electronic deviceaccording to claim 19, wherein the plurality of touch electrode columnsfurther comprise a non-edge touch electrode column, and wherein thenon-edge touch electrode column is located between the two edge touchelectrode columns; and wherein touch signal wires that are electricallyconnected to at least some touch electrodes in the non-edge touchelectrode column are jump touch signal wires.